Chunjang
춘장, black bean paste
Sweet bean sauce. in korea, chunjang is most commonly used to make jajang (자장), a black gravy served with a popular noodle dish called jajangmyeon. other common dishes with jajang sauce include jajang-bap (rice with jajang sauce) and jajang-tteok-bokki (stir-fried rice cakes with jajang sauce). although stir-frying chunjang to make jajang is the most common use for the sauce, chunjang may also be served as an accompaniment to sliced raw onions. in most korean-chinese restaurants, raw onions, chunjang, and danmuji (yellow pickled radish) are the basic side dishes. korean chunjang is similar to the shandong-style tiánmiànjiàng, as it was first used in incheon chinatown, where the majority o...
